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can a duck swim

can a duck swim phrase: a rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.

Phrase

can a duck swim?

  1. (colloquial, rhetoric) A rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.
    • Does it shoot straight? Does it — say, listen, old top, can a duck swim? You bet your boots it shoots straight.1922, Popular Mechanics, volume 37, number 4, page 182
    Synonyms:
    does a bear shit in the woods?, is the Pope Catholic?

Synonyms of can a duck swim

  • does a bear shit in the woods?
  • is the Pope Catholic?

Questions about can a duck swim

What does can a duck swim mean?
Can a duck swim means a rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.
What part of speech is can a duck swim?
Can a duck swim is a phrase.

Words near can a duck swim in the dictionary

  1. camylofin
  2. Camões
  3. Camăr
  4. can
  5. can a duck
  6. can a duck swim
  7. can belto
  8. can buoy
  9. can buoys
  10. can but hope
  11. can deposit

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